How Will Guidara of Eleven Madison Park — 2017's best restaurant in the world — learnt the business parts of the restaurant business.
How A. W. Jones improvised his way to an investment style and structure that has persisted till today.
The story of one of the most remarkable consumer technology companies, founded in the ruins of post-war, bombed out Japan.
The big history of a small device, from a remarkable Japanese company, that happened to have changed the modern world.
The contrarian conglomerate king who pioneered the use of share buybacks.
A remarkable — if controversial — company in a weird industry. How TransDigm exploits the aerospace aftermarket to generate excessive returns for its shareholders.
The unique way that storied law firm Munger, Tolles, Olson (MTO) allocates firm proceeds to its partners.
How Danaher combines Lean manufacturing with masterful capital allocation to build a remarkable manufacturing company in the United States.
The rise, and then fall, of Signature Plastics, a pioneering custom keycap designer and manufacturer.
The erosion, and then collapse of Michael Steinhardt’s early advantaged position in the hedge fund world.
How Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz found a competitive advantage in the early years of hedge funds. An example of competitive advantage in the ridiculously fierce domain of public markets.
Katharine Graham’s remarkable journey from widow to master capital allocator.
How Charlie Munger came back from a major life setback and a terrible first business, to make his first million.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe was created thanks to a brilliant piece of financial manoeuvring.
A personal story of bootstrapping success, with a little help from a distorted market.
How a series of leveraged buyouts killed a perfectly decent business.
What it looks like when an owner has a ton of Capital expertise, but not much on the Operations or Market sides of business expertise.
How Koch Industry’s used W. Edward Deming’s concept of ’knowledge’, some capital expertise, and data to build an empire.
How Bernard Paulson turned information into a strategic advantage at Koch Industries, producing its first cash cow.
A search for the right set of controllable input metrics at early Amazon, when it was expanding out from selling books.
